Campanula plant named ‘BKPCMPNN’

ABSTRACT

A new and distinct Campanula plant named ‘BKPCMPNN’, characterized by its compact, upright to spreading and uniformly mounding plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; purple-colored flowers; and good container and garden performance.

Botanical designation: Campanula portenschlagiana.

Cultivar denomination: ‘BKPCMPNN’.

PLANT BREEDER'S RIGHTS APPLICATION INFORMATION

An European Community Plant Breeder's Rights application for the instantplant was filed by the Applicant/Assignee, Beekenkamp Plants B.V. ofMaasdijk, The Netherlands on Mar. 8, 2021, application number 2021/0687.Foreign priority is not claimed to this application.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct Campanula plant,botanically known as Campanula portenschlagiana and hereinafter referredto by the cultivar name ‘BKPCMPNN’.

The new Campanula plant is a product of a planned breeding programconducted by the Inventor in Kudelstaart, The Netherlands. The objectiveof the breeding program is to create new compact and freely-floweringCampanula plants with attractive flowers and good garden performance.

The new Campanula plant originated from an open-pollination in May, 2018of Campanula portenschlagiana ‘Get Mee Purple’, not patented, as thefemale, or seed, parent with an unknown selection of Campanulaportenschlagiana as the male, or pollen, parent. The new Campanula plantwas discovered and selected by the Inventor as a single flowering plantfrom within the progeny of the stated open-pollination grown in acontrolled greenhouse environment in Kudelstaart, The Netherlands inMay, 2019.

Asexual reproduction of the new Campanula plant by terminal vegetativecuttings in a controlled greenhouse environment in Kudelstaart, TheNetherlands, since August, 2020, has shown that the unique features ofthe new Campanula plant are stable and reproduced true to type insuccessive generations.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Plants of the new Campanula plant have not been observed under allpossible combinations of environmental conditions and culturalpractices. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations inenvironmental conditions such as temperature and light intensitywithout, however, any variance in genotype.

The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined tobe the unique characteristics of ‘BKPCMPNN’. These characteristics incombination distinguish ‘BKPCMPNN’ as a new and distinct Campanulaplant:

-   -   1. Compact, upright to spreading and uniformly mounding plant        habit.    -   2. Freely branching habit.    -   3. Freely flowering habit.    -   4. Purple-colored flowers.    -   5. Good container and garden performance.

Plants of the new Campanula differ primarily from plants of the femaleparent, ‘Get Mee Purple’, in the following characteristics:

-   -   1. Leaves of plants of the new Campanula are more greyed green        in color than leaves of plants of ‘Get Mee Purple’.    -   2. Flowers of plants of the new Campanula are positioned above        the foliar plane whereas flowers of plants of ‘Get Mee Purple’        are positioned within and above the foliar plane.

Plants of the new Campanula can be compared to plants of Campanulaportenschlagiana ‘Ambella’, not patented. In side-by-side comparisons,plants of the new Campanula differ primarily from plants of ‘Ambella’ inthe following characteristics:

-   -   1. Plants of the new Campanula are more compact and narrower        than plants of ‘Ambella’.    -   2. Leaves of plants of the new Campanula are more greyed green        in color than leaves of plants of ‘Ambella’.    -   3. Flowers of plants of the new Campanula are positioned above        the foliar plane whereas flowers of plants of ‘Ambella’ are        positioned within and above the foliar plane.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

The accompanying colored photographs illustrate the overall appearanceof the new Campanula plant showing the colors as true as it isreasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of this type.Colors in the photographs may differ slightly from the color valuescited in the detailed botanical description which accurately describethe actual colors of the new Campanula plant.

The photograph on the first sheet (FIG. 1) is a side perspective view ofa typical flowering plant of ‘BKPCMPNN’ grown in a container.

The photograph on the second sheet (FIG. 2) is a close-up view of atypical flowering plant of ‘BKPCMPNN’.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

Plants used for the aforementioned photographs and following descriptionwere grown in 10.5-cm containers during the spring in a heatedglass-covered greenhouse in Maasdijk, The Netherlands and under culturalpractices typical of commercial Campanula production. During theproduction of the plants, day temperatures ranged from 15° C. to 19° C.and night temperatures ranged from 13° C. to 15° C. Plants were tenweeks from planting rooted young plants when the photographs anddescription were taken. In the following description, color referencesare made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, 2015 Edition,except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used.

-   Botanical classification: Campanula poscharskyana ‘BKPCMPNN’.-   Parentage:    -   -   Female, or seed, parent.—Campanula portenschlagiana ‘Get Mee            Purple’, not patented.        -   Male, or pollen, parent.—Unknown selection of Campanula            portenshlagiana, not patented.-   Propagation:    -   -   Type.—By terminal vegetative cuttings.        -   Time to initiate roots, summer and winter.—About two weeks            at temperatures about 18° C.        -   Time to produce a rooted young plant, summer and            winter.—About three weeks at temperatures about 19° to 21°            C.        -   Root description.—Thin, fibrous; typically white in color,            actual color of the roots is dependent on substrate            composition, water quality, fertilizers, substrate            temperature and physiological age of roots.        -   Rooting habit.—Moderately freely branching; medium density.-   Plant description:    -   -   Plant and growth habit.—Herbaceous perennial; compact,            upright to spreading and uniformly mounding plant habit;            flattened globular in shape; moderately vigorous growth            habit; moderate growth rate; numerous campanulate flowers            positioned above the foliar plane.        -   Plant height, soil level to top of foliar plane.—About 9.5            cm.        -   Plant height, soil level to top of floral plane.—About 15.2            cm.        -   Plant width.—About 26.5 cm.        -   Lateral branch description.—Branching habit: Freely            branching habit with about 13 primary lateral branches and            about seven secondary lateral branches per primary lateral            branch developing per plant. Length (excluding flowers):            About 9.1 cm. Diameter: About 2 mm. Internode length: About            1.2 cm. Strength: Low; flexible. Aspect: Upright to            horizontal. Texture and luster: Smooth, glabrous; glossy.            Color, developing: Close to 144B. Color, developed: Close to            144A.-   Leaf description:    -   -   Arrangement.—Alternate, simple.        -   Length.—About 2.1 cm.        -   Width.—About 2.8 cm.        -   Shape.—Reniform.        -   Apex.—Broadly and bluntly acute to obtuse.        -   Base, developing leaves.—Broadly acute.        -   Base, developed leaves.—Hastate.        -   Margin.—Coarsely and irregularly dentate; “teeth” apices are            bluntly acute to obtuse.        -   Texture and luster, upper and lower surfaces.—Moderately to            densely pubescent; not rugose; matte.        -   Venation pattern.—Pinnate.        -   Color.—Developing leaves, upper surface: Close to 137B.            Developing leaves, lower surface: Close to 138A. Fully            expanded leaves, upper surface: Close to 137B; venation,            close to 137C. Fully expanded leaves, lower surface: Close            to a blend of 138B and 191A; venation, close to 146B.        -   Petioles.—Length: About 5 cm. Diameter: About 1 mm by            1.2 mm. Strength: Low; flexible. Texture and luster, upper            and lower surfaces: Moderately pubescent; glossy. Color,            upper surface: Close to 144B; towards the edges, close to            143A. Color, lower surface: Close to 144B.-   Flower description:    -   -   Flower arrangement and flowering habit.—Single campanulate            flowers arranged solitary or in pairs; flowers face mostly            upright to slightly outwardly; freely flowering habit with            about 650 flowers per plant.        -   Natural flowering season.—Plants begin flowering about ten            weeks after planting; relatively long flowering period,            plants flower continuously from the spring into the autumn            in The Netherlands.        -   Flower longevity on the plant.—About 30 days; flowers            persistent.        -   Fragrance.—None detected.        -   Flower buds.—Length: About 1.1 cm. Diameter: About 6 mm.            Shape: Oblong. Texture and luster, developing sepals:            Moderately pubescent; slightly glossy. Texture and luster,            developing petals: Smooth, glabrous; slightly glossy. Color:            Close to 84A; ribs, close to 85D.        -   Flower diameter.—About 2.3 cm.        -   Flower depth.—About 2.1 cm.        -   Flower throat diameter.—About 6 mm.        -   Flower tube length.—About 1.3 cm.        -   Flower tube diameter.—About 7 mm.        -   Petals.—Quantity and arrangement: Typically five,            occasionally six, per flower, arranged in a single whorl;            lower 56.5% of the petal is fused. Length: About 2.3 cm.            Width: About 7 mm. Shape: Oblanceolate; free parts,            moderately recurved. Apex: Acute. Margin: Entire; not            undulate. Texture and luster, upper surface: Smooth,            glabrous; slightly velvety; matte. Texture and luster, lower            surface: Smooth, glabrous; matte. Texture and luster, flower            throat and tube: Smooth, glabrous; slightly velvety; matte.            Color: When opening, upper surface: Close to a blend of N87A            and N87B. When opening, lower surface: Close to N87B. Fully            opened, upper surface: Close to N87B; venation, close to            N87B; color does not change with subsequent development.            Fully opened, lower surface: Close to N87C; venation, close            to N87A; color does not change with subsequent development.            Flower throat: Close to N87B to N87D; venation, close to            N87B to N87D. Flower tube: Close to N87C; midvein, close to            N87B and lateral venation, close to N87C.        -   Sepals.—Quantity and arrangement: Typically five per flower,            arranged in a single whorl. Length: About 5 mm. Width: About            1.25 mm. Shape: Lanceolate. Apex: Narrowly acute. Base:            Cuneate. Margin: Entire. Texture and luster, upper surface:            Moderately pubescent; moderately glossy. Texture and luster,            lower surface: Moderately pubescent; matte. Color: When            opening, upper and lower surfaces: Close to 138B. Fully            opened, upper surface: Close to a blend of 138B and 143C.            Fully opened, lower surface: Close to 143C.        -   Peduncles.—Length: About 7 mm. Diameter: About 1.25 mm.            Aspect: Mostly upright. Strength: Low to moderately strong.            Texture and luster: Moderately pubescent; moderately glossy.            Color: Close to 144A.        -   Pedicels (flowers in pairs).—Length: About 2.4 cm. Diameter:            About 1 mm. Aspect: Erect to about 45° from peduncle axis.            Strength: Low to moderately strong. Texture and luster:            Moderately pubescent; moderately glossy. Color: Close to            144A.        -   Reproductive organs.—Stamens: Quantity: Typically five per            flower. Filament length: About 6 mm. Filament color: Close            to 157D. Anther length: About 6 mm. Anther diameter: About            0.4 mm. Anther shape: Narrowly oblong. Anther color: Close            to 11C to 11D. Pollen amount: Moderate. Pollen color: Close            to 11D. Pistils: Quantity per flower: One. Pistil length:            About 1.3 cm. Style length: About 1.2 cm. Style color: Close            to 85B. Stigma diameter: About 4 mm. Stigma shape: Three,            four or five-parted, decurrent. Stigma color: Close to 85B.            Ovary color: Close to N144A.        -   Seeds and fruits.—To date, seed and fruit development has            not been observed on plants of the new Campanula.-   Pathogen & pest resistance: To date, plants of the new Campanula    have not been noted to be resistant to pathogens and pests common to    Campanula plants.-   Garden performance: Plants of the new Campanula have exhibited good    garden performance and to tolerant to rain, wind, temperatures    ranging from about 35° C. to about −35° C. and to be suitable for    USDA Hardiness Zones 3 to 9.

It is claimed:
 1. A new and distinct Campanula plant named ‘BKPCMPNN’ asillustrated and described.